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The want of a Historical Society of Pennsylvania has 
been felt for generations. Although, however, various 
thoughtful and patriotic individuals have taken means 
to preserve records of the Colony and State, a sufficient 
combination was not formed to achieve this purpose in 
an effectual manner, till December 2, 1824 ; which point, 
therefore, dates as the origin of the present association. 

At an earlier period, and during the colonial condi- 
tion of the settlement, extensive records were kept by 
more than one religious body ; and a constant intercourse 
with England kept Pennsjdvania as much before the 
public mind as it may have been thought to deserve ; 
while, at an after moment, the writings of Voltaire and 
other imaginative authors, may perhaps have made the 
infant combination so noted as to do away with any 
urgency for a history so obscure and remote. The Eevo- 
lutionary war involved interests on a larger scale, and 
was connected by many with theoretical views of the 
rights and destinies of the human race at large ; and the 
quiet settlement in a vast forest, became, in comparison, 
an object of but little attention. 

When the war was over, and men had time to breathe 
from the involvement of great interests and from despe- 
rate struggles, calmer minds soon recollected the neces- 
sity of more adequate means for the preservation of 
records. Then it was found that impediment arose from 
the divergency of views and habits. Impressions remain- 
ing from military and political struggles, and existing 



differences of religious opinions and feelings, were hard 
to reconcile in a common labour until tlie period we 
have mentioned. 

The names of the memhers present at the inaugura- 
tion meeting were Eoberts Yaux, Stephen Duncan, 
Thomas I. Wharton, William Eawle, Jr., Dr. Benjamin 
H. Coates, Dr. Caspar Wistar, and George Washington 
Smith. It was well understood that the late eminent 
William Eawle, senior, and John F. Watson, though 
personally absent, were to be considered as present ; and 
they are therefore in the category of foundation mem- 
bers. Several other gentlemen gave their attendance at 
the preliminary conferences, and, it is believed, at some 
of the regular meetings, the minutes of which are not 
preserved. At the first annual election, held February 
28, 1825, the Society, Avhich had hitherto appointed 
Eoberts Vaux as chairman, filled the place of President 
with the late William Eawle, senior ; and the Yice 
Presidents were Eoberts Vaux and Thomas Duncan^ 
the Corresponding Secretary, Daniel B. Smith, and the 
Eecording Secretary, G. Washington Smith. On the 
18th of May, the Council, under the constitution, held 
its first meeting. In this body, besides the names 
already given, we find those of Dr. Thomas C. James, 
William Eawle, junior, Thomas H. White, Dr. Samuel 
Jackson, (Professor,) William Mason Walrasley, and 
Gerard Ealston. 

On the 3d of October, 1825, ten committees were 
appointed, containing many names, to report, with 
deliberation, on as many subdivisions into which an 
examination of the historical records of Pennsylvania 
were supposed to be naturally divided. Some of these 
committees reported ; but a larger number omitted to do 
so, although the inquiries thus set on foot gave rise to 
some subsequent papers. 



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In December, 1825, the publication of tlie Memoirs 
was commenced. Most of these were newly compiled 
essays, with some orations, all intended to introduce the 
respective subjects; but the volumes included a few 
original documents. They were continued till 1840, in 
four volumes. In 1845-1848, a volume was issued under 
the title of "Bulletin;" and, after the formation of the 
(S Publication Fund, the Memoirs were resumed, with an 
enlarged page and in a finer style, by fifth, sixth and 
seventh volumes, as far as 1860. 

Of later years, with the growth of Philadelphia, and 
by the exertions of active and influential members, the 
magnitude, and, it is to be hoped, the usefulness, of the 
Historical Society have been greatly increased. Citizens 
at large have taken more interest in its advancement ; 
its library at length amounts to 7000 volumes ; and a 
handsome collection of portraits of Governors of the 
State and of other distinguished individuals, with 
several landscape views of interesting localities, hang 
on its walls ; the number of valuable relics in its pos- 
session is augmented, and is still growing; funds pre- 
served for a building, for publication, for binding the 
books, &c,, now in total amount exceed nineteen thou- 
sand dollars ; and very liberal contributions in books, 
and, in one instance, of relics that cannot be replaced, 
have been received from the governments of the United 
States, of Pennsylvania, and of Great Britain, as well as 
from foreign and American Societies, and from the 
family of William Penn. Valuable and important lega- 
cies are promised for the future. 

Still, it is necessary for truth and for the objects of 
the Society to say, that there is, and for a long coming 
period can be, no provision for the increase and com- 
pletion of its library, other than in the liberality of its 
friends ; and the Society, therefore, is yet in need of 



such donations as may be worthy of preservation, and 
may correspond with the views of persons who value 
and wish to promote these inquiries. In some depart- 
ments of American history the collection is, as yet, very 
incomplete ; and the Executive Committee have it at 
present in view to take measures for extending it, so 
that the student may find, in these points, all the refer- 
ences needed for his researches. For the erection of a 
fire-proof hall, too, a "Building Fund" has been com- 
menced, for which twenty-five hundred dollars have been 
collected, and it is hoped that the obvious need for such 
a protection may induce the liberal to aid in the under- 
taking. 

The Publication Fund was commenced in 1854; and 
now amounts to upwards of fifteen thousand dollars, 
held in trust by John" Jordan, Jr., George Shars- 
AVOOD, and Oswald Thompson. 

A payment of twenty dollars obtains the right to 
receive, during life, a copy of each publication. For 
Libraries this privilege continues twenty years. 

There have been published since its foundation, — 

In 1856, The History of Braddock's Expedition. 

In 1858, Contributions to American History. 

In 1860, Record of Upland, and Denny's Military 
Journal. 

There is in preparation for publication during the 
next winter, 

The History of the Town of Bethlehem, and of 
the Moravian Settlements in North Eastern 
Pennsylvania, from original sources, in large oc- 
tavo, handsomely illustrated. 



HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PEfflSYLVmA. 



Officers for 1863. 

President. 
JOSEPH R. INGERSOLL. 

Vice Presidents. 

J. FRANCIS FISHER, 
GEORGE CHAMBERS, 

OF Chambersburg. 

BENJAMIN H. COATES, 

NEVILLE B. CRAIG, 

OF Pittsburgh. 

Treasurer. 
CHARLES M. MORRIS. 

Kecording Secretary. 
SAMUEL L. SMEDLEY. 

Corresponding Secretary. 
HORATIO G. JONES. 

Librarian. 
SAMUEL HAZARD. 

Library Committee. 

JOHN JORDAN, Jr., 
CHARLES J. BIDDLE, 
JOHN A. MCALLISTER. 

Publication Committee. 

WILLIAM DUANE, 
CHARLES H. HUTCHINSON, 
JOHN ASHHURST, Jr. 

Finance Committee. 

EDWARD ARMSTRONG, 

JOSEPH CARSON, 
AUBREY H. SMITH. 



EESIDENT MEMBEES. 



Those marked with an * are Life-Membera. 



* Allen, Win. H. 
Allibone, Saml. Austin 
Allison, Jos. 
Ashbridge, Wm. 
Addicks, John E. 
Atwood, Jno. H. 

*Arin5trong, Edward 
*Armstrong, Wm. G. 
*Ashton, Saml. K. 
Ashhurst, Wm. H. 
*Ashliurst, Lewis R. 
*Ashhnrst, Henry 
*Ashhurst, Richard L. 
*Ashhnrst, Richard 
*Ashhurst, John 

* Ashhurst, jr., Richard 
Audenried, Lewis 

*Ashhiu'St, jr., John 
*Austin, Jno. B. 
Ashhurst, Lewis 

Bradford, Chas. S. 

Baird, Henry 0. 

Bald, J. Dorsey 

Braincrd, Rev. Thos. 
*Baleh, Thomas 

Bradford, Wm. 

Baldwin, Mathias W. 

Bailey, E. Westcott 

Blanchard, Wm. A. 

Baird, Wm. M. 

Ball, George W. 
*Bache, Franklin 
*Baehe, T. Hewson 

Barton, Isaac 

Bates, Jos. W. 

Barclay, Clement B. 

Baker, J. B. 

Bray, Wm. K. 

Bargh, Wm. 

Barnes, Oliver W. 
*Baird, Matthew 

Barcroft, StaceyB. 

Bacon, Alexander 

Barnes, Rev. Albert 

Bettle, Wm. 

Benson, Alexander, jr. 
*Bell, John T. 
*Benners, Wm. J. 
*Beusell, George F. 
*Betts, Richard K, 

Benton, Stephen 

Biddle, Craig 

Biddle, Edward C. 



Biddle, Thos. 

Biddle, Chas. J. 

Brinton, J. H. 

Biddle, Clement 
*Biddle, Geo. W. 
*Biddle, Thomas A. 

Blight, George 

Biddle, Chapman 

Blight, Atherton 

Biddle, John B. 

Biddle, Wm. 
*Biddle, Alexander 
*Bowen, Smith 

Boardman, Rev. H. A. 

Borden, Edward P. 
*BoI\len, Jno. 

Boker, Geo. H. 
*Borie, Adolph E. 

Brock, John P. 

Bond, Montgomery L. 

Bomberger, Rev. J. H. 
*BoAvers, Edward 

Boweu, Ezra 

Boker, Chas. S. 

Bowie, Ashhurst R. 

Boyd, W. Stokes 

Brodhead, John 

Brotherhead, Wm. 
*Browu, Frederick 
*Browu, J. Johnson 

Brown, David S. 

Brown, John A. 
*Brown, David Paul 

Brown, Alexander 
*Brown, Jos. D. 

Browne, John C. 

Browne, N. B. 

Browne, Horace G. 

Buck, Francis N. 

Budd, Thos. A. 

Buckley, Edward S. 
*Butler, John M. 

Burgin, Geo. H. 

Burt, Nathaniel 

Bullitt, Jno. C. 

Budd, John B. 

Clark, Edward W. 
*Craig, Isaac Eugene 
Cadwalader, Wm. 
Caldwell, Jas. E. 
Carleton, Henry 
Carpenter, Jos. R. 
Clay, H. Gibbs 



Caiiiicil, S. Wilnier 

Cakkleiigli, Wm. G. 

Campbell, St. George Tucker 

Chnuncey, Charles 

Catiell, A. G. 

Cabot, Joseph 

Craig-e, Thos. H. 

Chandler, Jas. B. 
*Carrer, Alexander B. 

Cadwalader, Jolin 

Chnndler, Jos. R. 

Cadwalader, George 

Clay, Jos. A. 

Carso7>. Jos. 
*Chambers, Wm. B. 

Chancellor, Wm. 

Chancellor, Wharton 

Claghovn; Jan'cs L. 

Carey, Henry C. 

Camac, Jno. B. 

Carpenter, Saml. H. 

Craven. Thos. 
*Cresson, Wm. P. 

Cresson, John C. 

Chew. Samuel 

Cleaveland. Chas. D. 

Childs, Geo. W. 
*Chrisi'ian, Saral. J. 

Crissy, James 

Conner, Philip S. P. 

Cope, Alfred 
*Cope, Caleb 

Cope, Francis R. 

Cope, Herman 

Cope, John E. 

Cope, Thos. P. 

Coleman. G. Dawson 

Cochran, Travis 
*Cochran, Wm. G. 
*Collins, Tillinghast K. 

Crozer, John P. 
*Conrad, Rev. Thos. K. 

Collins. Frederick 

Cooley, Aaron B. 
*Corlies, S. Fisher 

Coffin, Lemuel 
*Conis, Wm. 

Coxe, Brinton 
*Coffin, Arthur G. 
*Cousland, Wm. 

Cooper, Rev. C. D. 

Colwell, Stephen 
*Coates, Benj. H. 

Comly, Franklin A. 

Coppinger, Wm. 

Collins, Wm. M. 
*Coles, Edward 
*Conarroe, Geo. W. 

Cooke, Jay 

Corse, J. M. 

Chiirchman, Chas. W. 



Cummins, D. B. 
Cunimisky, James 
Cummiskey, Eugene 
Colladay, Geo. W. 

Drayton, Wm. Hey ward 

Dawson, Mordecai L. 
*Da Costa, John C. 

Davis, Lemuel H. 

Dare, Charles P. 

Davids, Hugh 
*Dreer, JFerdinand J. 

Dreer, Frederick A. 

Drexel, Anthony J. 

De Silver, Harrison T. 

De Silver, Frank 

Dechert, Henry M 

Derbvshire, A. J. 

Diehi. John H. 

Dickson, Samuel H., M. D. 

Dickson, Samuel 

D'Invilliers, C. 

Dobson, Z. Poulson 
*Duane, William 

Dunlap, Thomas 

Dundas, James 

Ducachet. Rev. Heury W. 

Dubois, Wm. E. 

Edwai'ds, Howard 
*Earl, Harrison 

Evans, Horace 

Evans, Manlius G. 
*Errickson, Michael 
*Ellis, Charles 

Erringer, J. L. 

Emory, Charles 
*Elwyn, A. Langdou 

Frazer, John F. 

Farnum, John 

Fraley, Frederick 

Fagan, John 
*Fahnestock, George W. 

Farmer, Jas. S. 
^Fleming, William W. 

Fenimore, Jason L. 
*Fell, J. Gillingham 

Felton, S. M. 
*Fernon, Thomas S. 

Fennell, William 

Freas, Philip R. 

Field, Rev. George C. 
*risher, James C. 
*Fisher, Joshua Francis 

Fisher, Jabez B. 

Fling, Henry 

Findlay, John K. 
*Foulke, William Parker 

Fox, Charles P. 

Foust, Robert M. 



Foulke, Francis E. 

Fornev, John W. 
*Fotterall, Stephen G. 

Furness, James T. 
*Fullerton, Alexander 

Fry, J. Reese 

Fry, Horace B. 

Fryer, Greville E. 

*Gardette, E. B. 
*GraiT, Frederick 

Graff, Charles H. 

Graeff, Edward C. 

Gratz, Simon 

Garrett, Thomas C. 

Greble, Edwin 
*Gerhard, Benjamin 

Gilpin, John F. 

Grigg, John W. 

Gibbons, Charles 

Gilpin, Charles 

Griag, John 

Gilbert, D., M.D. 

Gwinn, John 

Griffiths, jr., William F. 

Gilbert, K. W., M.D. 

* Grout, Henry T. 
Goddard, Rev. Kingston 

*Gorton, George W. 
Godwin, Francis A. 
Gordon, N. P. 
Goforth, John 
Goodwin, Rev. D. R. 
Gross, Samiiel D. 
Guillen, Constant 
Gulager, William 

Harvey, Samuel, jr. 
Hart, Abraham 
*IIart, Wm. H. 
Hart, Thomas 
Hart, John S. 
Hare, R. Harford 
Hare, J. I. Clark 

* Harrison, William Henry 
*Harrison, Joseph 

Haseltine, Albert C. 
Harvey, Josiah L. 

* Harper, Alexander J. 
Hammersly, George 
Hazard, Spencer 
Hazard, Erskine 

* Hazard, Samuel 
Hacker, Isaiah 
Hacker, Morris 

*Hacker, Jeremiah 

*Haseltine, John 

*Harding, Jesper 

-Haseltine, Ward B. 
_ Haves, Isaac I. 
^Havdeu,"S. Y. 
f. 



Hartshorne, Edward 

Hart, Charles H. 

Hall, Thomas M. 

Hand, Jas. C. 

Harmar, Charles 
*Helmuth, Henry 
=*Henshaw, I. S. 
*Henry, Morton P. 
*Heazlett, Ch. F. 
*Heberton, G. Craig 

Hill, Marshall 

Hoff, Henry K. (U. S. N.) 

Hodge, J. Ledyard 

Hobson, George W. 

Hollino:sworth, Samuel 

Howe,llev. M. A. De Wolf 
^Houston, William C. 

Hood, Samuel 

Hopkinson, Jos. 

Hopkinson, Oliver 

Hollings worth, Thomas 6. 

Hodge,^ Hush L. 

Howell, Arthur H. 

Hutter, Rev. Edv/ard W. 

Huddy, Benjamin F. 
*Hutchinson, Charles Hare 

Hutchinson, J. Pembertou 

Hunt, Benjamin P. 

Hurst, Edward 

Huber, James S. 

*Ingersoll, Edward 

IngersoU, Joseph R. 

Ingersoll, Charles 
^Ingram, Harlan 

=*James, John O. 

Jacobs, Rev. William B. 

Jenkins, J. Edward 

Jenks, Wm. P. 
*Jordan, John, jr. 
^Jordan, Francis 

Jones, Horatio G. 
*Jones, George W. 

Johnston, Alexander 
*Jones, D. D. 
*Jones, Andrew M. 

Johnson, J. Warner 

Jones, Samuel, M.D. 

Jones, Joseph 

Judson, Oliver A. 

Judson, W. F. 

Justice, George R. 

Juvenal, A. W. 

Kane, Robert P. 
*Kane, Thomas L. 
Krauth, Rev. Chas. P. 
Kelly, E. Smith 
Kent, William C. 
Kent, Rodolphus 



Kellev, Hon. Win. D. 
Keru," William H.', 
Kellv, Charles 
Kendall, E. Otis 
'Kimber, Tbomas, jr. 
King, Robert P. 
Kinscy, William 
King', Francis 
Kuigbt, Echvard C. 
King, D. Rodney 
Koiiigmacher, A. A. 

*Lambdin, George C. 
*Lanibdin, Jas. R. 
*Lambert, John 

La Roche, C Percy 

La Roche, Rene, M. D. 

Lardner, Jas. L., U. S. N. 

Larduer, Richard P. 

Law, Philip H. 

Leedom, B. J. 
*Lee, George F. 
*Levick, Jas. J. 
*Lennig, Frederick 

Lewis^ John T. 

Lewis, Abni. J. 

Lea, Isaac 
*Lejee, William R. 

Lewis, Ellis 

Levering, Lcmnel S. 

Lewis, Edwin M. 

Lesley, J. P. 

Leeser, Rev. Isaac 

Lindsay, John 

Lippiucott, Joshua B. 

Littell, C. Willing 
*Livezey, John 

Longacre, Jas. B. 

Longhead, Jos. P. 
*Logan, J. Dickinson 

Lloyd, Franklin 

Levering, Jos. S. 
*Loper, R. F. 
*Loper, William H. 

Ludlow, Richard 

McAllister, Wardale G. 

McAllister, John, jr. 

McAllister, John A. 

McAllister, Thomas H. 

McAllister, William Y. 
*McArthur, John, jr. 

McCall, Peter 

McCammon, D. C. 

McClellan, J. H. B. 

McKean, Henry Pratt 
*McHenry, George 

McElroy, William J. 

McElroy, Thomas E. 

McCrea, James A. 

McMichael, Morton 



Mclntyre, Archibald 

McMxn-tric, Richard C 

McCurdy, John R. 

Mann, Rev. William J. 

Maybnry, William 

Malcolm, Rev. Howard 

Martin, Sanderson R. 

Maddock, William L. 
*Masou, Wm. Sanford 

Martinez, S. A. 

Magarge, Charles 

Macalester, Charles 

Maris, Matthias 

Mann, William B. 

Mathias, John T. 

Martin, George H. 

Markley, Edward C. 

Marsh, Benj. V. 

Meredith, William 

Meredith, William M. 

Merrick. Samnel V. 

Mercer, Singleton A. 

Megargee, Sylvester J. 
*Mellor, Thomas 

Merrick, J. Vaughan 

Messchert, M. H., jr. 

Megargee, Irvine N. 

Megargee, Theodore 

Merino, Felix 

Miles, E. Harris 

Miller, Andrew 

Miller, E. Spencer 

Micklev, Jos. J. 
*Mitchell, John C. 

Miskey, William F. 

Miller, Jos. W. 
*Milcs, Thomas J. 

Mitchell, Jos. B. 

Mitchell, William A. 

Middletou, E. P. 

Mitchell, Jas. T. 

Millikeu, James 
*Morris, Robert 
*Morris, Charles M. 

Morris, Wistar 

Morris, Israel 

ISIorris, Rev. B. Wistar 

Morris, William Jenks 

Moses, Horace 

IMorton, Thomas George 

Montgomerv, Thomas H. 

Moore, B. H. 

Montgomery, R. R. 
*Muirhead, Charles H. 

Mnirheid, Henry P. 

Murphy, Alexander 

Myers, Jos. B. 
^Myers, John B. 

Neal, William 
Newkirk, Matthew 



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Newton, Rev. Richard 

Newbold, Thomas 

Newbold, Jas. S. 

Ncwbold, John S. 

Neall, Daniel 

Newhall, Thomas A. 

NeiU, John 

Nicholson, Jas. B. 

Nicholson, Richai'd L. 

Norris, George W. 
*Norris, Samnel 
*Norris, William F. 

Norris, Isaac 

Norris, Isaac, jr. 

Notman, John 

Ogden, Charles S. 
Orne, Jas. H. 

Patterson, Robert 
*Patterson, William C. 

Pari-tsh, George D. 

Pancoast, Charles S. 
*Paxton, Jos. R. 

Palmer, Jonathan 

Pancoast, W. H. 

Paul, Jas. W. 

Paul, James 
*Parrisli, Dillwyn 

Parrish, William D. 

Plate, J. Theophilus 

Patterson, Jonathan 

Parsons, James 

Palmer, Benjamin F. 

Penington, Edward, jr. 

Penington, John 

Peirce, William S. 

Pemberton, Israel 

Pleasants, Samuel 

Peddle, George R. 
* Pepper, Lawrence S. 
*Pepper, George S. 

Penrose, Clement B. 
*Peace, Edward 

Pease, James O. 
*Price,' Richard 
*Price, Eli K. 
*Plitt, George 

Price, William S. 

Phillips, Henry M. 
*Powers, Thomas H. 
*Potter, Right Rev. Alonzo 

Powel, Samuel 

Polock, M. 

Purves, William 

Queen, James W. 

Randolph, Philip P. 
Randolph, Evan 
Rawle, William Henry 



Randolph, Samuel E. 

Randall, Robert E. 
*Read, T. Buchanan 

Read, Jno. M. 
*Remington, Thomas P. 

Reeves, Samuel J. 
■*Repplier, John G. 
*Richards, J. W. 

Ritter, Jacob B. 

Rice, John 

Ringwalt, J. Luther 

Rockey, A. B. 

Robins, Thomas 

Rogers, Charles H. 

Roberts, Algernon S. 

Robinson, Moncure 
*Robins, Edward 

Rogers, Fairman 

Roberts, Solomon W. 

Robinson, Daniel M. 

Rohrer, John S. 

Robins, William B. 

Rusehenberger, W. S. W. 

Rushton, William, jr. 

*Sparks, Thomas, jr. 
*Sharpless, H. H. G. 
*Sharswood, George 
*Sharpless, Samuel J. 

Sanford, E. S. 
*Sargent, Winthrop 

Swan, Wilson C. 

Slack, J. Hamilton 

Sharpe, Jacob L. 

Schall'er, William L. 

Smedley, Samuel L. 

Spencer, Howard 
=*Steveus, Right Rev. Wm. Bacon 
*Sergeant, J. Dickinson 

Stewardson, Thomas 

Sexton, John W. 

Stewart, W. Hood 
*Seybert, Henry 

Sciieussele, C. 

Sheppard, Rev. T. J. 

Sherrerd, William D. 

Sellers, David W. 

Shipley, Augustias B. 
*Shipley, Thomas 

Shipley, Samuel R. 

Shippen, Franklin 

Simpson, Henry 

Singerly, Joseph 

Smith, Aubrey H. 

Smith, A. Lewis 

Smith, Edmund 

Smitli, Ellwood M. 

Smith, (tCO. Roberts 
*Smith, Horace W. 

Smith, Jesse E. 
*Smith, Jos. P. 



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Smith, J. Somera 
«Smith, Lloyd P. 

Smith, Ncwben-y A. 
*Smith, Robert 
Smith, Robert?. 
Smith, Richard S. 
Smith, Thomas 
Smith, W. H. 
Stille, Alfred 
*Simons, George W. 

Simons, Heury 
^Sinclair, Thomas 
*Swift, Joseph 
Stoddart, Cm-wen 
Stokes, W. A. 
Sower, Charles G. 
*Shober, Samuel L. 
Stroud, George M. 
Scott, Lewis A. 
Sproat, Harris L. 
Stone, James N. 
Stone, W. E. 
Short, Charles 
Scott, Thomas A. 
«Souder, Edmund A. 
Stuart, George H. 
Scull, Gideon D. 
Struthers, William 
Sturges, R. 

Tatham, George N. 
*Traquair, James 
Trautwine, John C. 
Tagirart, William H. 
Taskcr, Thomas T. 
Thayer, M. Russell 
*Taylor, Stephen 
Trenchard, L.Decatur (U.S.N.) 
Tingley, William H. 
Tho'mson, G. H. 
Townscnd, Henry C. 
Thompson, Oswald 
Thompson, J. Edgar 
Trotter, William Henry 
Trotter, Edward H. 
Trotter, Charles W. 
Thomas, Martin 
Towue, John H. 
*Thomas, William G. 
Thomas, William B. 
*Turnpeuny, Joseph C. 
Tucker, John 
Turner, John 
Tyson, James 
Tyler, George F, 

Vaux, Richard 
Vaux, Thomas W. 
*Vaux, William S, 
Veitch, William 
Verree, John P. 
Vogdes, William 



*Ward, Town scud 
*Wagner, Charles M. 

Warner, Redwood F. 

Wharton, Henry 

Waterman, Isaac S. 

Wain, S. Morris 

Wharton, Joseph 

AValborn, C. A. 

* Wallace, J. William 
Wayne, William H. 

*Wain, Edward 
Wattson,Tliomas B. 
Walker, Jeremiah 
West, James 

* Welsh, John 
Welsh, John, jr. 
Westcott, Thompson 

^Welling, Charles H. 

Welsh, Samuel 
*Wel)er, Paul 
Weightmau, William 
Webster, Thomas, jr. 
Whetham, James D. 
Whelen, Edward S., jr. 
*Whclcn, Edward S. 
White, Philip S. 
Williamson, I. V. 
White, W. J. P. 
Wiegand, John E. 
Wistar, Mifflin 
*Winuer, William E. 

Wilson, Rathmel 
*Wilson, Thomas B. 
*Williams, Henry J. 
*Wilson, Oliver H. 
Wicht, Wm. V. 
Wilcox, Edmund 
Wistcr, Caspar 
Whitenuxn, William A. 
Whitney, Asa 
White, J. De Haven 
Whitney, John R. 
Wight, Andrew, jr. 
Wifcox, Mark 
Wister, William 
W^ood, M.D., George B. 
Wood, Richard 
Wood, George B. 
Woodward, G. W. 
*Wood, Right Rev. James 
*Woolston, J. W. 
*Wood, George A. 
Wurts, M.D., Charles S. 

^Tarnall, Ellis 
*Yarnall, Francis Cope 

Tarnall, Charles 

Young, George 

Young, John R. 

Ziegler, George K. 
Zell, T. Elwood 



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CONSTITUTION. 



Article I.— This Association shall be called "The Historical 
Society of Pennsylvania"— and its object shall be the elucidation of 
the history of this State, though other branches of history shall 
not be excluded. 

Art. II. — The Society shall be composed of such persons as have 
been, or may be, elected, from time to time, according to its laws 
and regulations. 

Art. III. — The ofBcers of the Society shall be annually chosen, 
by a majority of ballots, at the stated meeting in February, and shall 
consist of a President, four Yice-Presidents, a Corresponding Sec- 
retary, a Eecording Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Librarian. The 
candidates for all offices shall be nominated at the stated meeting in 
January, and no new candidates shall be nominated at the stated 
meeting in February, except by unanimous consent. 

Art. IV. — It shall be the duty of the President, or in his absence, 
of a Vice-President, to preside at the meetings of the Society, to 
preserve order, regulate debates, to state motions and questions, and 
to announce the decisions thereupon. If neither the President nor 
any of the Vice-Presidents be present at a meeting, the Society 
may choose a member to act as President at that meeting. 

Art. V. — The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct and have 
charge of the correspondence of the Society. 

Art. VI. — The Eecording Secretary shall keep full and correct 
minutes of the proceedings of the Society, and shall have them 
transcribed into a book of record. He shall give due notice of any 
special meeting that may be called, and shall notify all members of 
their election. 

Art. VII. — The Treasurer shall have charge of the moneys and 
other funds belonging to the Society. He shall collect the contri- 
butions of the members, and other income of the Society, and shall 



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pay such claims against the Society as shall have been duly examined 
and ordered to be paid. He shall annually present, at the stated 
meeting in January, a statement of his receipts and expenditures 
during the preceding year, with a full report on the financial con- 
dition of the Society. 

Art. YIII. — The Librarian shall have charge of the books, 
manuscripts, and other property in the rooms of the Society, and 
shall arrange and preserve the same in proper and convenient order. 
He shall keep an arranged catalogue of the books and manuscripts, 
and where these have been presented, shall append the names of the 
donors. At the stated meeting in January, he shall annually pre- 
sent a report to the Society, embracing an account of his adminis- 
tration of the library, and of its condition during the preceding 
year. 

Art. IX. — There shall be the following Standing Commitees, 
each to be composed of three members of the Society, viz. : 1st. 
Committee on the Library ; 2d. Committee on Publications ; 3d. 
Committee on Finance. The members thereof, shall serve for the 
term of three years, one of each Committee shall be elected annually, 
at the stated meeting of the Society in February. Those elected in 
1862, shall draw lots for their respective terms of one, two, and 
three years. The members of these Committees, together with the 
other officers of the Society, shall form an Executive Committee, of 
which five shall constitute a quorum, which shall meet at the Hall 
on the fourth Monday of every month. Members of the Society 
have the right to attend the meetings of every Committee, to in- 
troduce motions, and to speak thereon ; and to vote at any election 
for members of the Society. In order that the meetings of the 
Society shall be free for the reading of papers or for discussions on 
historical and literary subjects, the business of the Society shall be 
transacted by the Executive Committee, any member of which, 
however, shall have the right to call for the ayes and nays on any 
question to be entered on the minutes, and to bring the same, by 
appeal, before the Society ; in which case the list of ayes and nays, 
together with the notice of the appeal, shall form a part of the 
record, and be laid before the next meeting of the Society. 

Art. X. — Vacancies which may occur in any of the above-named 
offices shall be filled by an election at the next stated meeting after 
such vacancy shall have been announced to the Society. 



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Art. XI. — The Society shall hold stated meetings on the second 
Mouday evening of every month. Special meetings may be called 
by the President or one of the Yice-Presidents, by giving at least 
thi'ee days' notice thereof in not less than two of the daily news- 
papers published in the City of Philadelphia. The members present 
at any meeting shall constitute a quorum. 

Art. XII. — No alteration shall be made in this Constitution 
unless the proposed amendments shall have been drawn up in wi'iting 
and read to the Society at three successive monthly stated meetings. 
Nor shall any such amendment be considered as adopted unless 
sanctioned by the votes of three-fourths of the members present at 
the meeting when the question shall be taken upon its adoption. 



LAWS. 

Article I. — The election of members shall be by ballot, at any 
stated meeting of the Society or of the Executive Committee. 
Those members shall be deemed qualified voters at the meetings and 
elections who have paid their dues to the Society. A member may 
at any meeting nominate, in writing, a candidate for membership, 
and if the said candidate shall receive a majority of the votes cast, 
he shall be deemed duly elected. On request of three members, the 
balloting on any candidate shall be postponed to the next stated 
meeting. A viva voce vote on the election of a member may be 
taken, if so ordered. The balloting being gone through, the boxes 
shall be opened, and the result of the poll declared by the presiding 
officer. The written nominations of the members elected shall be 
preserved by the Secretary for future reference. 

Art. II. — Such members as reside within the City of Philadel- 
phia, shall pay an annual contribution of three dollars. The pay- 
ment of twenty dollars at one time, by a member, shall constitute 
him a member for life, with an exemption from all future annual 
payments. Any member liable to an annual contribution, who 
shall neglect or refuse to pay the same for the term of two years, 
may by the action of the Executive Committee, have his rights as a 
member suspended, and in case the said arrears are not paid when 
the third annual contribution shall have become due, the member- 



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ship of such defaulting member may then be forfeited, and bis name 
stricken from the roll. 

Art. III. — On the Society being informed of the death of a mem- 
ber, the fact shall be entered on the records, and a member may be 
appointed to prepare an obituary notice of the deceased. The obit- 
uary notices of members shall be read to the Society, and they shall 
be bound together whenever they are sufficiently numerous to form 
a volume. 

Art. TV. — The Committee of Finance shall have the general 
superintendence of the financial concerns of the Society ; they shall 
audit and certify all bills for payment by the Treasurer ; they shall 
always have access to his books, accounts, and vouchers, and shall 
examine and audit his annual report, as well as those of the Trus- 
tees of the special funds of the Society. They shall consult with 
the Treasurer, and authorize and direct the investment of surplus 
funds. 

Art. V. — The Committee of Publication shall superintend the 
printing and distribution of such publications as may be ordered to 
be made by the Trustees of the Publication Fund. They shall have 
power to call on the Librarian for his assistance in the performance 
of their duties. 

Art. VI. — The Committee on the Library shall confer with and 
assist the Librarian in the general care and management of the 
library, and shall control the disbursement of such appropriations 
as may be made by the Society for its increase and maintenance, as 
well as in the disposition and arrangement of the books, maps, doc- 
uments, and paintings belonging to the Society. 

Art. YII. — All Special Committees shall be chosen, on nomina- 
ious made by members present, unless the Society shall otherwise 
lirect. The member first named of any committee shall be the 
jhairman. 
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Art. YIII. — A majority of any committee shall be a quorum, 
i^ioecial committees shall report at the meeting next after that at 
■wliich they were appointed, unless otherwise ordered by the Society. 
All reports shall be in writing, and signed by the members agreeing 
thereto. 



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Art. IX. — The Librarian shall attend at the Library, at ,>, :. 
hours as the Executive Committee shall, from time to time, di'-t^t 
and the rooms shall be opened on every Monday evening, betM-e* 'i 
the hours of 8 and 10, except during June, July, and August. 

Art. X. — No alteration or amendment of the laws and regula- 
tions of the Society shall be made or considered, unless the same 
shall have been duly proposed and fairly drawn up in writing at one 
stated meeting of the Society, and laid over for consideration and 
enactment at the next stated meeting ; nor shall any such altera- 
tion, amendment, or regulation be considered as passed or binding 
upon the members, unless the same be sanctioned by the vote of 
three-fourths of the number of qualified members then present. 

Art. XL — The laws and regulations contained in the foregoing 
articles shall be in force from and after the time of their adoption 
by the Society, and thereafter all other laws and regulations here- 
tofore made by the Society, and not contained in its Constitution, 
shall be, and the same are hereby repealed. 



ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

I. The chair taken by the presiding officer. 
II. New members presented, and visitors from other Socie- 
ties introduced. 

III. Records read of last meeting, and of any subsequent 

special meeting. 

IV. Correspondence read. 

V. Donations and other additions announced: 
a. To the Library. 
h. Other donations or additions. 
VI. Reports and communications on historical and liter ry 

subjects. 
VII. Obituary notices of members read, and announcement 

the decease of members made and acted on. 
VIII. Balloting for candidates for membership. 
IX. Reports on business from officers and committees. 
X. Deferred business. 
XL New business. 

XII. Minutes of the meeting read and submitted for corr* 
XIII. The Society adjourned by the presiding officer. 



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